The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas (Penguin Audiobooks)

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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas (Penguin Audiobooks)
by Paul Theroux
from Penguin Audio

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• Audiobook

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• condescending, judgemental, and refreshingly honest
  You may find Thoreaux's openness and directness refreshing, or you may find his brashness, arrogance, condescension, and hypocritical judgementalism revolting. If the latter is true, take heart that this book actually becomes enjoyable once you get past the first hundred pages or so...
  Maybe others will better appreciate Thoreaux's attempts at humor, but the first hundred pages of this book could arguably compete for the most off-putting intro ever written. Before even beginning to prove a thing about... more info

• "The journey, not the arrival, matters; the voyage, not the landing."
  In 1979, Paul Theroux departed from his childhood home in Medford, Massachusetts, and began his train journey from the East Coast of the United States to Patagonia, on the southern tip of Argentina. A seasoned traveler, fluent in Spanish, Theroux brings to life his trip through the northern and southern hemispheres, traveling without a schedule and observing his fellow passengers on the train and people at stops along the way.
  In Texas he is astonished at the contrasts between Laredo on the Texas side... more info

• From Boston to Patagonia by Train
  Note: I made some immature Mormon angry because of my negative reviews of books that attempted to prove the Book of Mormon, and that person has been slamming my reviews almost as fast as they are posted.
  So, your "helpful" votes are appreciated. Thanks, and note that a short review is not necessarily a bad review if it leads you to a great book.
  From Boston to Patagonia by train. What an adventure. As I wrote in my review of the "Great Railway Bazaar," treat yourself to traveling the easy way and... more info

• Another Wonderful Travel Expose by the Inimitable Theroux!
  Terrific in every way, as all of Theroux's travel books are! Not a word too many, and not an insight overlooked in this adventure through the Americas. Wonderful, beautiful, and a treasured book in my library.

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